Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 12
Kāla-cakra and the Motions of the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Grahas
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तत उपरिष्टादुशना द्विलक्षयोजनत उपलभ्यते पुरत: पश्चात्सहैव वार्कस्य शैघ्र्यमान्द्यसाम्याभिर्गतिभिरर्कवच्चरति लोकानां नित्यदानुकूल एव प्रायेण वर्षयंश्चारेणानुमीयते स वृष्टिविष्टम्भग्रहोपशमन: ॥ १२ ॥
tata upariṣṭād uśanā dvi-lakṣa-yojanata upalabhyate purataḥ paścāt sahaiva vārkasya śaighrya-māndya-sāmyābhir gatibhir arkavac carati lokānāṁ nityadānukūla eva prāyeṇa varṣayaṁś cāreṇānumīyate sa vṛṣṭi-viṣṭambha-grahopaśamanaḥ.
在这群星宿之上约二十万由旬处有金星（乌沙那，Uśanā）。它的运行几乎与太阳同拍：有时在太阳之后，有时在太阳之前，有时与太阳并行，呈现快、慢与中等的运动。金星能消弭妨碍降雨之诸行星的影响；因此它的出现常带来降雨，被学者公认为对宇宙众生极为吉祥。
FAQs
In Canto 5, Chapter 22, the Bhāgavatam describes Uśanā (Venus) as moving sometimes ahead of and sometimes behind the Sun, with varying speeds, and as generally favorable—especially connected with bringing rain and easing obstructions to rainfall.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks this verse to Mahārāja Parīkṣit while explaining the cosmic structure and the courses of the grahas (planets) in the Fifth Canto.
The verse highlights that nature’s rhythms are purposeful and beneficial; cultivating reverence for divine order can inspire gratitude, ecological responsibility, and steadiness when conditions (like “swift” or “slow” phases) change.